Wings @ Leafs - Jan. 1st, 3:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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16-16-4, 36 points | 16-12-7, 39 points

Projected Lines

Tatar-Zetterberg-Mantha Nyquist-Nielsen-Vanek Sheahan-Larkin-Glendening Miller-Athanasiou-Ott DeKeyser-Jensen Kronwall-Smith Ericsson-Ouellet Mrazek

Komarov-Kadri-Nylander JVR-Bozak-Marner Hyman-Matthews-Brown Martin-Gauthier-Soshnikov Rielly-Zaitsev Gardiner-Carrick Hunwick-Polak Andersen

Scratches

Ryan Sproul Tomas Jurco

Frank Corrado Josh Leivo Byron Froese

Game Notes

DET
•Petr Mrazek (9-8-3, 3.11 GAA, .896 Sv%) will start for the Red Wings
•Detroit's streak of 25-straight playoff appearances is in grave jepordy this season. There's currently 8 points and 4 teams between them and the final wildcard spot in the East
•Wings Saviour and "Fastest Skater Alive"* Dylan Larkin is on pace for a whooping 31 points this season
•26-year old career minor leaguer "Nick Jensen" is currently slated to play on Detroit's top defensive pairing. Whether or not it's just Nicklas Lidstrom in disguise has yet to be determined

TOR
•Andersen (15-8-6, 2.47 GAA, .925 Sv%) will start for the Leafs
•The Leafs will take their 4-game winning streak into the Winter Centennial Classic
•Matthews Watch: 12 goals and 17 points in his last 16 games

Injuries

•Riley Sheahan - Upper Body - Questionable Sunday •Mike Green - Lower Body - Injured Reserve •Jimmy Howard - Leg - Injured Reserve •Alexey Marchenko - Shoulder - Injured Reserve •Justin Abdelkader - Knee - Injured Reserve •Darren Helm - Shoulder - Injured Reserve •Johan Franzen - Concussion - Injured Reserve

•Nathan Horton - Back - Out indefinitely •Joffrey Lupul - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Out indefinitely •Stephane Robidas - Old - Out indefinitely •Martin Marincin - Lower Body - Injured Reserve •Ben Smith - Hand - Injured Reserve

Stream Options

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[Zee]

Game isn't on hockey night in Canada?

[TBLeafer]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!

I'll be at the game with my Wife! First NHL game she's seeing live!

It's on Sportsnet for those catching the national broadcast.

[disco]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let's get 'em!

"Nik Lidstrom in disguise" LOL - 'Nick Jenson' suspiciously looks like a recently retired hall-of-fame defenseman except he has a handlebar mustache and monocle.

[Highlander]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!

I'll be at the game with my Wife! First NHL game she's seeing live!

It's on Sportsnet for those catching the national broadcast.

Have fun TB, looks like a beauty day for it

[CarltonTheBear]

Heads up:

NHL Public Relations ‏@PR_NHL  16 minutes ago
Due to sunlight on the ice surface and in the interest of Player safety, the start time of #CentennialClassic will be delayed by 30 minutes.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Heads up:

NHL Public Relations ‏@PR_NHL  16 minutes ago
Due to sunlight on the ice surface and in the interest of Player safety, the start time of #CentennialClassic will be delayed by 30 minutes.

Nature is so bloody inconvenient.

[Arn]

Thoroughly looking forward to this. Nothing too do with it being the Wings, or being outdoors, but simply because it's at 8.30pm so I can watch a Leafs game and then go to sleep at a normal time when it finishes!

[CarltonTheBear]

Heads up:

NHL Public Relations ‏@PR_NHL  16 minutes ago
Due to sunlight on the ice surface and in the interest of Player safety, the start time of #CentennialClassic will be delayed by 30 minutes.

And per @ScottWheeler, with all the pre-game ceremony stuff puck-drop isn't expected until 3:53pm.

[iwas11in67]

4-2 Leafs

[L K]

So this is essentially the NHL Centennial game and not in fact for the Leafs.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Ron MacLean really is the best.  He's reading a list of 100 names and making it sound like it's fresh news.

[Kaberle15]

Thoroughly looking forward to this. Nothing too do with it being the Wings, or being outdoors, but simply because it's at 8.30pm so I can watch a Leafs game and then go to sleep at a normal time when it finishes!

I know that well... game is at 6:30pm for me and will end before dinner...

Go Leafs Go!

[L K]

I always enjoy seeing the actual NHL players over their stand ins.  Somewhat sad that there were only a handful of guys around from the first 50 years of the league.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

OK, I would like one of those jerseys.

And Babcock is HAT-FREE.